The Vugar Gashimov Memorial, is being held in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, from the 20th to 30th of April, in memory of the great Vugar Gashimov, who passed away on the 10th of January 2014. The tournament is divided into two groups. The A Group features six players: World Champion Magnus Carlsen (2881), Fabiano Caruana (2783), Sergey Karjakin (2772), Hikaru Nakamura (2772), and the two Azeri players Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2760) and Teimour Radjabov (2713). The B group consists of ten players, the top five seeds from various countries and the bottom five are all from Azerbaijan.
Round Eight
Round 8 – 28.04.14 |
Mamedyarov |
0-1
|
Nakamura |
Carlsen |
½-½
|
Karjakin |
Caruana |
1-0
|
Radjabov |
Daniel King shows the highlights of round 8
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Nakamura, Hikaru
Mamedyarov never lets go off the throttle, always plays interesting and aggressive chess, but sometimes this does seem to back-fire on him. His opening experiment was a success, but that's where the happiness ended:
1.e4 | 1,151,315 | 54% | 2422 | --- |
1.d4 | 936,812 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 277,856 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 180,054 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,559 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 13,858 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,773 | 47% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,657 | 50% | 2385 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,715 | 48% | 2378 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,156 | 54% | 2402 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,042 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
1.d3 | 919 | 50% | 2376 | --- |
1.g4 | 642 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
1.h4 | 429 | 53% | 2373 | --- |
1.c3 | 403 | 50% | 2418 | --- |
1.h3 | 244 | 56% | 2408 | --- |
1.a4 | 94 | 59% | 2484 | --- |
1.f3 | 82 | 47% | 2435 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 81 | 65% | 2503 | --- |
1.Na3 | 35 | 59% | 2475 | --- |
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 5...h6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qb3 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.c5 Qc7 11.e4 Be7 12.Bf4 Qc8 13.exd5?! 13.Bg2 Nbd7 14.0-0 0-0 15.e5 Ne8 13...Nxd5! 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.0-0-0 Nc6 16.Kb1 g5 17.Be3 f5!? 18.g4 f4 19.Bf2 Kf7 20.Re1?! 20.Bb5 Rh3 21.Bf1 Rh6 22.Bb5 20...b6! 21.Qa4 bxc5 22.Ba6?! Qc7 23.Bb5 Rab8! 23...Nxd4 24.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Rxe6 24.Bxc6 Rb4 25.Qc2 Qxc6 24...Kxe6 24...Rxb5 25.Rxe7+ Nxe7 26.Qxb5 c4 25.Bxc6 Rhd8 25...Rb4 26.Re1+ Kf6 27.Qc2!± 26.dxc5 Bf6 27.Bd4 Kf7 28.Rd1?! 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.h4 gxh4 30.Rxh4 28...Kf8 29.a3 Bxd4 30.Rxd4 Qe5 31.Rd2 Qe1+ 32.Rd1 Qe2 33.b4 Qxf3 34.Kb2 Qxg4 35.Qc2 Qe6 36.Ba4 Kg8 37.Bb3 Kh8 38.c6 Rd6 39.Rc1 f3 40.Qc5 Qf6+ 41.Ka2 f2 42.c7 Rc8 43.Rf1 d4 44.h4 Qf3 45.Bc4 Rc6 46.Qxd4 R6xc7 47.Rxf2 Rxc4 0–1
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Mamedyarov,S | 2760 | Nakamura,H | 2772 | 0–1 | 2014 | D11 | Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2014 | 8 |
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Mamedyarov lost both mini-matches against Nakamura and Carlsen 2-0
Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey
Karjakin chose a super-solid line and Carlsen was simply unable to get even the slightest of advantages. The Russian player proceeded to exchange all of the pieces and the resulting bishop endgame was a dead draw.
"No one's getting through!" - Sergey Karjakin, eight draws
Someone wasn't happy with the result of the opening
Caruan, Fabiano 1-0 Radjabov, Teimour
A very tense King's Indian game. Both sides kept coming up with interesting maneuvers, resources and tactical tricks. Eventually White sacrificed a pawn to obtain a passed one on c7, which was very dangerous. Time control was approaching and Radjabov slipped at the last second:
40.c7 Rf8? 40...Qa1+! 41.Kg2 41.Rd1 Qe5 42.Nd5 a5= 41.Nd1 e3 42.fxe3 Qf6 41...Qg7! 42.Rc5 42.Qxe4 Kh6! 43.Rc5 Qf6 44.Qc2 Qf3+ 45.Kg1 Bb7 46.Rd5!= 42...a5 43.Nd5 Qd4 41.Qd2! Qf7 42.Rd8 Kg8 43.Qd5 43.Nd5 43...Kg7 44.Qd4+ Kh6 45.Nc4 Be6 46.Qc5! Rg8 47.c8Q Bxc8 48.Rxc8 Rxc8 49.Qxc8 Qd5 50.Ne3 Qd3 51.Qh8+ Kg5 52.Qf8 1–0
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Caruana,F | 2783 | Radjabov,T | 2713 | 1–0 | 2014 | E92 | Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2014 | 8 |
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Radjabov trying to remember his opening prep
Caruana maintained his precision better than Radjabov before move 40
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 f5 12.Bxg4 fxg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 c5 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.b4 d5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Bc5 e4 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Nxd5 Qf7 21.0-0 Bxa1 22.Qxa1 Bf5 23.Ne3 Rad8 24.Nb3 Be6 25.Qc1 h5 26.Nc5 Rd4 27.Qc3 Rxc4 28.Qb2 Rxc5 29.bxc5 Bxa2 30.g3 Be6 31.Ra1 Kh7 32.Ra4 Qg7 33.Qd2 Rf7 34.c6 Qe5 35.Ra5 Qc7 36.Qc3 Qd6 37.Rb5 Bc8 38.Qc2 a6 39.Rd5 Qf6 40.c7 Rf8 41.Qd2 Qf7 42.Rd8 Kg8 43.Qd5 Kg7 44.Qd4+ Kh6 45.Nc4 Be6 46.Qc5 Rg8 47.c8Q Bxc8 48.Rxc8 Rxc8 49.Qxc8 Qd5 50.Ne3 Qd3 51.Qh8+ Kg5 52.Qf8 1–0
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Caruana,F | 2783 | Radjabov,T | 2713 | 1–0 | 2014 | E92 | Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014 | 8 |
Carlsen,M | 2881 | Karjakin,S | 2772 | ½–½ | 2014 | E15 | Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014 | 8 |
Mamedyarov,S | 2760 | Nakamura,H | 2772 | 0–1 | 2014 | D11 | Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014 | 8 |
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Standings Group B
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Schedule and results
Round 1 – 20.04.14 |
Carlsen |
1-0
|
Mamedyarov |
Nakamura |
½-½
|
Caruana |
Karjakin |
½-½
|
Radjabov |
Round 3 – 22.04.14 |
Nakamura |
1-0
|
Mamedyarov |
Karjakin |
½-½
|
Carlsen |
Radjabov |
½-½
|
Caruana |
Round 5 – 24.04.14 |
Mamedyarov |
1-0
|
Caruana |
Carlsen |
0-1
|
Radjabov |
Nakamura |
½-½
|
Karjakin |
Round 7 – 27.04.14 |
Radjabov |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov |
Karjakin |
½-½
|
Caruana |
Nakamura |
0-1
|
Carlsen |
Round 9 – 29.04.14 |
Caruana |
-
|
Mamedyarov |
Radjabov |
-
|
Carlsen |
Karjakin |
-
|
Nakamura |
|
|
Round 2 – 21.04.14 |
Mamedyarov |
½-½
|
Radjabov |
Caruana |
½-½
|
Karjakin |
Carlsen |
1-0
|
Nakamura |
Round 4 – 23.04.14 |
Karjakin |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov |
Radjabov |
½-½
|
Nakamura |
Caruana |
1-0
|
Carlsen |
Round 6 – 26.04.14 |
Mamedyarov |
0-1
|
Carlsen |
Caruana |
½-½
|
Nakamura |
Radjabov |
½-½
|
Karjakin |
Round 8 – 28.04.14 |
Mamedyarov |
0-1
|
Nakamura |
Carlsen |
½-½
|
Karjakin |
Caruana |
1-0
|
Radjabov |
Round 10 – 30.04.14 |
Mamedyarov |
-
|
Karjakin |
Nakamura |
-
|
Radjabov |
Carlsen |
-
|
Caruana |
|
Round 1 – 20.04.14 |
Wojtaszek |
½-½
|
Durarbayli |
Eljanov |
½-½
|
Mamedov |
Motylev |
½-½
|
Abasov |
Safarli |
½-½
|
Huseinov |
Wang Hao |
½-½
|
Bacrot |
Round 3 – 22.04.14 |
Eljanov |
½-½
|
Durarbayli |
Motylev |
0-1
|
Wojtaszek |
Safarli |
½-½
|
Mamedov |
Wang Hao |
½-½
|
Abasov |
Bacrot |
1-0
|
Huseinov |
Round 5 – 24.04.14 |
Motylev |
½-½
|
Durarbayli |
Safarli |
0-1
|
Eljanov |
Wang Hao |
½-½
|
Wojtaszek |
Bacrot |
1-0
|
Mamedov |
Huseinov |
1-0
|
Abasov |
Round 7 – 27.04.14 |
Safarli |
½-½
|
Durarbayli |
Wang Hao |
1-0
|
Motylev |
Bacrot |
0-1
|
Eljanov |
Huseinov |
½-½
|
Wojtaszek |
Abasov |
½-½
|
Mamedov |
Round 9 – 29.04.14 |
Wang Hao |
-
|
Durarbayli |
Bacrot |
-
|
Safarli |
Huseinov |
-
|
Motylev |
Abasov |
-
|
Eljanov |
Mamedov |
-
|
Wojtaszek |
|
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Round 2 – 21.04.14 |
Durarbayli |
0-1
|
Bacrot |
Huseinov |
½-½
|
Wang Hao |
Abasov |
½-½
|
Safarli |
Mamedov |
0-1
|
Motylev |
Wojtaszek |
0-1
|
Eljanov |
Round 4 – 23.04.14 |
Durarbayli |
0-1
|
Huseinov |
Abasov |
½-½
|
Bacrot |
Mamedov |
1-0
|
Wang Hao |
Wojtaszek |
1-0
|
Safarli |
Eljanov |
½-½
|
Motylev |
Round 6 – 26.04.14 |
Durarbayli |
½-½
|
Abasov |
Mamedov |
½-½
|
Huseinov |
Wojtaszek |
½-½
|
Bacrot |
Eljanov |
0-1
|
Wang Hao |
Motylev |
1-0
|
Safarli |
Round 8 – 28.04.14 |
Durarbayli |
1-0
|
Mamedov |
Wojtaszek |
½-½
|
Abasov |
Eljanov |
1-0
|
Huseinov |
Motylev |
1-0
|
Bacrot |
Safarli |
½-½
|
Wang Hao |
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Date |
Roound |
English |
German |
29.04.2014 |
Round 9 |
Yasser Seirawan |
Klaus Bischoff |
30.04.2014 |
Round 10 |
Daniel King |
Klaus Bischoff |